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J. SINCLAIR.

Animal Shoeing Stock.

No. 36,920. i Patented Nov. u, 1.862.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JESSE SINOLAIR, OF DAVENPORT, IOVA.

IMPROVED ANIMAL-SHOEING STOCK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,920, dated November 11, 180:2.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEssE SINCLAIR, ot Davenport, in the county of Scott and State ot' Iowa, have invented a new and Improved AnimatShoeing Stock; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specitication, in which my invention is embodied in a stock represented by a perspective view.

The invention consists, 1irst,in the coinbination of the lifting bars and belly and back girts with the cords, windlasses, and actuating mechanism.

It consists, secondly, in an arrangement of parts for supporting the auimals foot while the shoe is being fitted and nailed, and also while the foot is being dressed, all as will be hereinafter fully explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and use my invent-ion, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. y

rlhe stock proper is composed of nprights A. string-pieces B, cross-pieces C, and sills D, which are all put together by mortiseandtenen-joints in the usual niodeot'joinery. rIhe sills D are connected together by ties E, of the same size, and with them constitute the foundation of the stock, the space inside of the sills and ties being boarded over, and thus a floor is formed for the animal to stand upon while the girts are being adjusted to his body. The frame or stock at top is strengthened by arched metallic braces a, and bottom by inclined wooden braces b, the latter being furnished with tenons on their ends adapted to tit corresponding mortises in the sills and uprights, respectively.

F F are 'two windlasses, supported parallel with each other on top of the frame in boxes c c', in which they are fitted to revolve. These boxes are secured to the upper side of the end cross-pieces C. The windlass F is provided with a winch, m, and on its opposite end with a gear-wheel, a, which latter gears into a wheel, o, of the same size on the same end of the windlass It. Power being applied t0 the winch, the two windlasses being geared to gether they are caused to move simultaneous] y and with equal veloeityin opposite directions.

G G are metalliclifting-bars, suspended by cords d from the windlasse's F F', respectively,

and fitted at their ends and in the middle in box-brackets e, within which they have vertical moveinent only.

I-I are foot-rests, which in the present instance are formed on one end of short shafts f, which terminate at their opposite ends in levers g. The short shat'tfof each foot-rest H, is nearly double the length of the box h, inA which it is fitted to rotate, so as to be capable of longitudinal movement therein, for the purpose hereinafter to be explained. The boxes h are attached to the back side of the upright A. The foot-rests on one side are fashioned to conform to the ankle and on the opposite side to the sole ot' the hoof of the animal, so that by turning the rest in one direction it answers to support the foot 0f the animal while his shoes are being set, and by turning in the reverse direction to support the foot While the hoof is being dressed.

L are arms provided on one side with a number of fixed rings, t', which are placed in a line equidistant apart on the arm, and serve to confine the lever g to lock the foot-rest when properly adjusted. The arms L are each attached to the sill-pi ees D by a pivot,j, on which they are permitted to swing laterally.

I I are girts attached at their ends by staples to the standards at the front and rear end ot' the stock, respectively. J J and K K are similar gi rts, attached at their ends to the string-pieces B and lifting-bars G G, respectively, the former by staples and the latter by metallic hooks 7s on the ends of the straps or girls, and catching over the bars.

rIhe girts being all unbnckled, so as to leave an unobstructed entrance into the stock, the animal is led therein and hitched. The straps I I at the front and back ends are then buckled up, and the girts J J K K properly adjusted around the body. It' it is desired to shoe more than one foot at a time the animal must be lifted off of his feet or elevated from the door'. lThis is effected, after the girts are properly adjusted, by winding the cords by which the lifting-bars are suspended upon the windlasses. The foot-rest is now turned down in front of the foot it is desired to examine or work upon, and the foot fastened by a strap, M, encompassing the ankle, after which the foot is raised by pressing down on the lever g. Vhen the foot is raised to the proper height to Work at,

the arm L is moved toward the end of the lever g of the rest, so as to have its end enter one of the fixed rings t', whereby the foot-rest is prevented from dropping` down until intentionally released. The shoe being fitted and nailed, the foot is released and the rest turned down, so as t0 allow the foot to hang down it' the animal be suspended, or rest on the floor if otherwise. The rest is now drawn to one side by slippingthe shaft in its box and placed behind the foot when it (the loot) is raised and held as before until the hoof is dressed.

The above invention is more especially designed for shoeingvvicious or fractions horses and mules, though it is equally Well adapted as the common stock for shoeing oxen.

v JESSE SINCLAIR.

Witnesses:

I. DOUGHERTY, J. H. Comas. 

